THAT WAS AWESOME! I'm not exactly why that made me so freakin' happy, but it did, and I worship you for it. I mean... I think it was the coldness that Sakura explained it to her great great great great etc. etc. grandpa with, but wow. That was perfect! I think part of why it made me so happy is because it's effectively the scene that I've always wanted to see, my favorite moment of the movies, books, mangas, comics, videogames, animes, cartoons, and shows that I watch. The moment when the villain is defeated, and the hero explains, not to rub it in the villain's face, but so they clearly and perfectly understand, why exactly it is they lost, why it's despite the Hero's actions, the villian's fault. Wow. That was perfect, it was the happy ending, without being perfectly happy, you killed Sakura, and that makes me sad, but that tragedy makes it perfect, perhaps the great flaw with so many of the series that I've followed, and continue to follow, is that their endings are perfect. Everyone's happy and nobody's died. Here you made it so that victory wasn't perfect, certainly, it appears to be absolute, but it was by no means perfect. Someone died. Sakura died, and while that may not have been recent, heck, doing the math, it was roughly 17 years prior, it's still a part of the battle, even if she died in a way that was completely unrelated to the battle, her death was still a part of it, because it allowed, or at least shaped the events of this fic, which is certainly part of the victory, and the victory is integrally part of the battle. I'm rambling, so I'll repeat my main point and finish up. This was awesome. Thank you for writing it.

very "nah nee nah nee boo boo"...i loved it! we all know that madara's greatest weapon could also be to his demise. i mean, itachi was living proof to that, and he was the one that cultivated sasuke so to speak for that very moment; so sasuke can defeat madara and put an end to it all (when he's finished posing on rocks by the beach lol). this was awesome, but do i dare ask if i can be ruled out that maybe another uchiha could've been the father? i mean, there are a mil and one fics (not literally of course lol) out there prophesizing and akatsuki sakura realtionship, most of which are itachi sakura. so maybe, just maybe he could be part of it too? but then again after reading the last line you made it clear who the daddy was lol, so great writing and great beta-ing justcallmefaye. hope to read more from you in the future ;)

That was cool. It was a little short in my opinion, but I like that it was one of those 'random scenes fans suddenly come up with and have no real explanation for.' This story was very good. Haha, in your face Madara.

Very VERY interesting. I could absolutly see this storyline - given where the manga is now. It's not a far fetched idea. Sad that Sakura's dead - but sweet how Sasuke hid her daughter and such. Wonderfully played. I really liked the cold yet compassionate side to Sasuke's and Sakura's daughter. She told her story not just in words, but in her actions. Nice!